Abstract
Several years ago Lawson and Flautt reported a new type of nematic phase suitable for use as an ordering solvent in NMR spectroscopy. This lyotropic phase is a quaternary system composed of sodium decyl sulfate, decanol, sodium sulfate and water, with corresponding solvent capabilities not generally exhibited by thermo-tropic liquid crystals. In addition it possesses the property, of special interest in NMR spectroscopy, that its ordering is not disturbed when it is spun in a non-solenoidal magnetic field. A number of investigators have employed this ordering medium for the determination of molecular structures and orientations of various solutes using NMR methods applicable to anisotropic media.1
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Long, R.C., Goldstein, J.H. (1974). A New Lyotropic Nematic Mesophase. In: Johnson, J.F., Porter, R.S. (eds) Liquid Crystals and Ordered Fluids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2727-1_16
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